The Ducane Company, Inc.

The J.d.s. Company, Inc.

Other

John S Ducate, Jr

Bernard B Berger

Jon Scott Walters

Neal Boatwright

Miter apparatus for use with a cutting tool having a table top containing an alignment groove. The miter apparatus includes a guide bar adapted to slidably fit in the alignment groove, a head assembly pivotally secured to the guide bar, and a telescopic fence assembly secured to the head assembly. The fence assembly is adjustable in length and includes an inner rail telescopically received within an outer rail, each rail being provided with a retractable workpiece stop which is pivotally mounted on its rail so as to be movable from an operative to a retracted position. A clamping mechanism may be provided for securing a workpiece in position against the guide bar.

Miter gauge

Safety apparatus for a stove-top burner, especially for a side cooker apparatus for a gas-fired grill. The safety apparatus is a barrier at least partially surrounding a cooking container placed over the burner. The barrier may be in the form of a band or a plurality of spaced-apart coaxial wires which are secured to a stove top to prevent pots and pans from sliding off the burner. The cooking apparatus for which this safety device is well-suited is a side cooker.

Safety apparatus for stove-top burners

A side cooker apparatus for a gas-fired grill which is detachably secured at one side of the grill by a pair of substantially parallel, spaced apart bars which are attached to the framework of the side cooker apparatus and extend into a pair of correspondingly spaced apart channels which form part of a framework for the gas-fired grill. A safety barrier may be provided for retaining cooking utensils on the side cooker.

Side burner attachment for gas-fired grill

Automatic apparatus for assembling elongated, transversely curved blades in a fixture for holding the blades in a predetermined spaced relationship corresponding to the blade spacing in a centrifugal blower wheel. A first transfer assembly transfers individual blades from a die press to a conveyor and a second transfer assembly transfers individual blades from the conveyor to the fixture. Each blade is held in a fixed position on the first transfer assembly by suction and/or magnetic force, on the conveyor by magnetic force, on the second transfer assembly by magnetic and/or suction force, and in the fixture by a resilient clamping mechanism. A pushing device moves alternate blades axially relative to the remaining blades on the conveyor so that blades are loaded in the fixture with flanges at opposite ends of adjacent blades in a staggered relationship. The fixture includes a pair of coaxial pressure discs cooperating with resilient means on a pair of coaxial holding discs so as to clamp multiple blades in slots within the fixture. Provision is made for different numbers and sizes of blades and different fixture diameters.

Apparatus for assembling blower wheel blades

A woodworking apparatus including a work carriage having a base mounted on a bed for rectilinear sliding movement along a first axis in a first plane and a work platform mounted on the base for rectilinear sliding movement along a second axis parallel to the first axis and in a second plane parallel to the first plane. A tool carriage carrying a motor driven rotary cutting tool is mounted on the bed for rectilinear sliding movement along a third axis transverse to the first and second axes. Levers are provided for actuating movements of the base, the platform, and the tool carriage. A gas spring may be connected with the tool carriage to counterbalance the weight of the tool carriage assembly. A template and following stylus also may be provided for guiding the tool carriage relative to the work carriage in accordance with a predetermined pattern. The work surface supporting a workpiece may be tilted relative to the rotational axis of the cutting tool. Various clamping devices allow adjustment of the tool carriage, the work carriage and their actuators.

Woodworking machine with floating tool and work carriages

A substantially U-shaped or V-shaped tray for flavoring food by burning woodchips. The tray includes an elongated base and opposing sidewalls which may diverge outwardly from the base. Each of the sidewalls contain a plurality of apertures at spaced intervals along the length of the sidewall. The number, size and location of the apertures and the angle of any sidewall divergence are such that when the tray is positioned above and in close proximity to a heat source, the apertures permit sufficient direct heating of the woodchips to cause burning thereof by smoldering and the solid portions of the base and sidewalls shield the woodchips sufficiently to prevent flaming thereof.

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Columbia, SC, United States of America

John S Ducate, Jr